Silene laevigata, the Troödos catchfly, is a glaucous, erect or decumbent annual plant. It grows high with glabrous stems and small leaves. It has pink flowers, and the petals bifid long. It flowers in MarchâÂÂJune.
Pine forest, roadsides and garrigue on dry igneous mountainsides at altitude.
Endemic to Cyprus, locally common on the Troödos range.